even president obama is excited. the president retweeted this picture from the make-a-wish foundation. the caption, here he comes, hash tag sf bat kid. trace gallagher is live. tell me about bat kid today. >> the damsel in distress was actually tied to the trolley tracks witch explosives on her back and allegedly put there by the riddler. so they freed her and the had to go confront the riddler, and he was finally hauled off by the cops, and then after that our superhero was familiarished so went to have lurch -- lunch with the mayor, but a flash mob broke out, letting bat kid know that the penguin had kidnapped the. mascot. and they chased through at&t park, went after the penguin, and finally got ahold of lucille, and the mayor gave bat kid a key to the city of san francisco. >> what an incredible venture. that's an elaborate undertaking. >> yeah, and i want to show you live pictures. you can get an idea how massive this is. looks like the whole city turn out. 12,000 volunteers. look at the people lined up, right?